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1996 Tri Nations Series

Field	Value
name	1996 Tri Nations Series
champion	New Zealand
caption	Official logo
count	1
bledisloe cup
matches	6
tries	20
attendance	248540
succeeded by	[1997](1997-tri-nations-series)

The 1996 Tri Nations Series was the inaugural Tri Nations Series, a rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It was contested from 6 July to 10 August. New Zealand won all four of their matches to claim the title, as well as retaining the Bledisloe Cup won the previous year for their two wins over Australia.

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Try
bonus	Losing
bonus	Table
points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1		4	4	0	0	119	60	+59	1	0	17
2		4	1	0	3	70	84	–14	0	2	6
3		4	1	0	3	71	116	–45	0	2	6

Results

Round 1

Cullen Jones Lomu Marshall Wilson

NZL John Hart

AUS Greg Smith

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Round 2

Horan Joubert

AUS Greg Smith

RSA Andre Markgraaff

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Round 3

NZL John Hart

RSA Andre Markgraaff

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Round 4

Gregan Marshall

AUS Greg Smith

NZL John Hart

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Round 5

Eales (3)

RSA Andre Markgraaff

AUS Greg Smith

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Round 6

Mulder Dowd

RSA Andre Markgraaff

NZL John Hart

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References

(1997). "Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98". Headline Book Publishing.
"New Zealand (25) 43 - 6 (6) Australia (FT)".
"Australia (11) 21 - 16 (3) South Africa (FT)".
"New Zealand (6) 15 - 11 (8) South Africa (FT)".
"Australia (16) 25 - 32 (9) New Zealand (FT)".
"South Africa (16) 25 - 19 (3) Australia (FT)".
"South Africa (15) 18 - 29 (6) New Zealand (FT)".

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